SLEEP WALKING

     Do you take the time to stop and smell the flowers, or are the flowers on your computer screen sufficient?

     Do you take the time to make a new friend, or is spending all day posting on some social media site as far as you are willing to go?

     Do you prefer the gossip and stories of misfortune at work over a beatiful work of literature?

     Is the picture of the hot guy or girl on the internet more breath taking to you than the setting sun?
 
     Do you text more than you sit down with a person face to face?

     -Are you awake and living, or sleep walking through life?-

SHARING A POEM

LEAVES ON THE COBBLESTONE

Leaves on the cobblestone

making music with the autumn wind.

Tiny footfalls that scuttle by

like phantom children at play-

I open my awareness and take in their song-

and in gratitude, they open their world to me.

The symphony of the wind

carries their spirits from perched limbs

and sets them free into a season

that is less cluttered with psychic debris.

The breath of nature permeates the atmosphere

and my eyes do take note

of the tiniest transformation in the changing world.

Entranced by the crescent moon

as it hovers in the late day sky-

birds in formation flee the coming cold

and my heart soars with them

as they glide upon the gusty gales.

A single raindrop then forms

in the corner of my eye,

and I notice that I am the only one

who is lost in the reverie of this moment…

And I ask myself with shame,

why are those around me so blind?

SPEAKING AND LISTENING

     What's more important, being heard just because you want the attention; or listening when wisdom speaks?

THINK ABOUT THIS

     The very air around you is filled with unseen beings; departed loved ones, angels and spirits going to and fro. Ponder this fact for a few moments, and your awareness will certainly change.

CALM YOUR THOUGHTS

     Calm your thoughts today, take control of the hectic racing that goes on within your mind. When the mind is still, the body becomes more relaxed, and when this happens the world becomes a more tranquil place. If every person in the world would still their mind at the same time, the earth would transform... we would wonder how we survived at all in the anxious energy we all create on a daily basis.

THE SUNSET OF LIFE

      When the sunset of your life arrives, and you are ready to make your transition into the next world; what will have been the most important moments in your life. Will you look back and smile as you cherish the love, happiness and good times that you shared with loved ones? Or will you simply look back and be satisfied knowing that you worked hard each day and accomplished all of your daily errands? What and who will you make time for today while the sun is still shining brightly overhead?

TODAY

     As you awaken this morning, realize that yesterday is gone. The past and all of its reflections are but phantom smoke in the wake of eternity. With each new day, you are reborn and free to choose a new direction for your life. And you are the only person who truley knows where the road to happiness begins.